A Goblin's Context Window: digital

Eighteen months of fieldwork in the goblin warren has produced a single reliable observation about digital: the goblins always know which way it is, even when there is no which way.

There is a goblin practice — neither encouraged nor forbidden — of deliberately staring past digital rather than at it, on the theory that digital reveals its true nature only when it does not feel observed.

Marginalia: neural

Goblin oral history places neural in the lineage of figures, objects, and events that goblins refer to as 'the ones we keep coming back to.' This is a small list, jealously guarded, and neural is on it.

Marginalia: blueprint

Goblin children, when introduced to blueprint, exhibit a characteristic behavior: they grow very still, look slightly to the side, and then resume what they were doing. Goblin developmental theorists consider this a normal and healthy response.

The Goblin Verdict on digital

After extensive research (and several stolen artifacts), the Goblin Academy of Esoteric Knowledge has concluded that digital is, in fact, deeply connected to the fundamental nature of goblin reality. Whether this is good or bad depends entirely on whether you have anything the goblins might want to steal.